Thursday, February 22, 2007

Updated status - sanity check

Gotta be sure I'm all set with the requirements! There'll be another 0.3-0.5 solo time getting to the airport where the examiner is.

  • Aeronautical knowledge
    • Passed the written on 1/19/07.

  • Aeronautical experience (61.109a): For an airplane single-engine rating. Except as provided in paragraph (k) of this section, a person who applies for a private pilot certificate with an airplane category and single-engine class rating must log at least 40 hours of flight time that includes at least 20 hours (31.7) of flight training from an authorized instructor and 10 hours (14.7) of solo flight training in the areas of operation listed in §61.107(b)(1) of this part, and the training must include at least—

    • (1) 3 hours (4.8) of cross-country flight training in a single-engine airplane;


    • (2) Except as provided in §61.110 of this part, 3 hours (3.5) of night flight training in a single-engine airplane that includes—


      • (i) One cross-country flight (done) of over 100 nautical miles total distance; and


      • (ii) 10 takeoffs and 10 landings (10) to a full stop (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an airport.


    • (3) 3 hours (3) of flight training in a single-engine airplane on the control and maneuvering of an airplane solely by reference to instruments, including straight and level flight, constant airspeed climbs and descents, turns to a heading, recovery from unusual flight attitudes, radio communications, and the use of navigation systems/facilities and radar services appropriate to instrument flight;


    • (4) 3 hours (3.4, done this week) of flight training in preparation for the practical test in a single-engine airplane, which must have been performed within 60 days preceding the date of the test; and


    • (5) 10 hours (14.7) of solo flight time in a single-engine airplane, consisting of at least—

      • (i) 5 hours (5.2) of solo cross-country time;


      • (ii) One solo cross-country flight of at least 150 nautical miles total distance, with full-stop landings at a minimum of three points, and one segment of the flight consisting of a straight-line distance of at least 50 nautical miles between the takeoff and landing locations (Done); and


      • (iii) Three takeoffs and three landings (3) to a full stop (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an airport with an operating control tower.

4 comments:

  1. Sanity Check Complete,
    Flight Test Check's to go :)


    Good LUCK ! Can't wait to read the full details of it.

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  2. K -

    I'd say best of luck, but you don't need luck. Just aviate the best that you know how, remembering that everyone involved in the process -- you, your CFI, and the DE -- all want and expect you to pass. Even if you think you muffed something, just keep going! I'm certain you will pass with, ahem, "flying colors."

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  3. Thanks, fellas. I'm feeling very bipolar about it -- one minute feeling confident in my abilities and knowledge, and the next freaking out that something catastrophic will happen!

    Really I'm just hoping for a good night's rest!

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  4. You're going to do great!!!

    The Chief Photographer and I are in the Old Dominion, but we are ground bound underneath the shelf of the ORF Class C, so we are out of your way!

    Cheers,
    BC

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